MIM Notes 229                   March 1, 2001

Letters

Prisoner programs offered

Dear MIM,

I am a concerned citizen interested in prison reform and the 
institution and enforcement of human rights within the penal 
system in the United States. I would greatly appreciate being 
added to your mailing list in the hope of keeping abreast of human 
need and benevolence. I understand that you also have a mailing 
list of the names and institution numbers and addresses of 
prisoners caught up in the system. The purpose of acquiring the 
names is to offer inmates the opportunity to advertise for 
companions on the outside which might do much to boost their 
morale thus motivating them through change to strive for the day 
when they will be able to return to society and allow them to 
establish relationships that may in turn result in lasting 
relationships for these men and women though they are presently 
incarcerated.

Please forward this information to me at I would really like to 
thank you for your assistance in advance and I look forward to 
hearing from you in the near future.

Respectfully requested,

A friend in the Midwest November 2000

MIM responds:

Thanks for your interest in our prisons work. We have added you to 
the mailing list of the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League 
(RAIL), a mass organization led by MIM. MIM runs the mailing list 
to keep interested people up to date on important anti-imperialist 
news and revolutionary agitation campaigns. You can find more 
information about MIM and RAIL and our prisons work at our web 
site www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/etext. We would welcome more discussion 
with you about this work 

This letter seems to be requesting a copy of the MIM prisoner 
mailing list. We don't share this information with any individuals 
or organizations. Prisoners entrust us with their personal 
information and expect us to keep this private. One important 
reason for this is the political persecution prisoners can face 
when it is learned that they are interested in revolutionary 
politics. We do not want to expose our prisoners to any additional 
risks. We invite prison activists with programs to offer to 
prisoners to send us information about these programs and we will 
keep it on hand for prisoners who might be interested.

We also want allies to help directly with MIM's work with released 
prisoners. When prisoners are finally released, they are left with 
few resources and skills. Amerika is not interested in helping 
released prisoners become productive world citizens on the 
outside, but MIM is. MIM continues to organize with released 
prisoners, just as we do with other individuals on the outside. 
Our allies can help in many ways. For example, you can help set up 
public speaking engagements (with honoraria) for MIM and released 
prisoners to mobilize opposition to Amerikkkan prisons.